It is truly unbelievable that Diedrich could be selected as president of any public institution of higher learning, much less an R1 school like A&M. I'm still stunned that we as Aggies accept such behavior from Perry and our BoR while the folks in Austin fight tooth and nail to defend their school (see the hell-raising leading up to today's UT BoR vote). This kind of B.S. is going to cost us our AAU membership sooner rather than later.

UT has managed to apply sufficient pressure to their BoR to save Powers. We have the ability to do likewise, but it will take a concerted effort of concerned current and former students. The problem is that I do not know of anyone of power within the institution to lead the charge. We have no president like Powers to rally around, and I still do not fully understand Sharp's role in Loftin's departure.

It is speculated Sharp was pressured by Perry to kick out loftin so there could be a spot/job for Perry when his next presidental campaign fails. It is also rumored that Loftin and Sharp butted heads on several issues with Sharp and eventually Loftin said screw this, I'm out.

There are ways to protest. Maybe they won't be heard by our officials, but it'll be seen by the nation if we fight hard enough. Trust me, national news loves seeing the shit Texas is up to these days XD.

No real background in academia and a terrible relationship with the faculty, among others. Plus, given the vision that Perry has put forward for our public universities, it is downright scary to hear that Perry is putting forward this man who shares that vision.

Im trying to understand the logic...Perry orchestrates the removal of Loftin as interim president only to have us disagree on who should be interim president. I have it on good authority that Perry is trying to play it so he can eventually be TAMU president, but being that he is this incompetent and obviously in the crony camp, that could do nothing but destroy our university...oops

Money talks, also politics around the school at the moment are a bitch. By going to Missouri his paycheck gets bigger, he gets more power/authority, and he doesn't have to deal with our fucking stupid politics and BoR.